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G. D. DUDLEY.

EGG BBATEB.. No. 386,424. Patented July 17, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHERVOOD SL CO.,

OF S AME PLACE.

EGG-BEATER.

SPECIFICATION 'forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,424. dated July 17, 1888.

Application filed February 20, 188B. Serial No. 261,599. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. DUDLEY, a citizenofthe United States, residing at Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Egg-Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to eggbeaters; and it consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combinations hereinafter described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figures l and 2 are elevations of my improved eggbeater, Fig. 2 showing the side which is at the left in Fig. l; Fig. 3, a plan of the socket piece and a horizontal section of the frame on the line 3 3 in Figs. l and 2; Fig. 4, a plan of the bottom of the sliding` sleeve or nut and a section of the spindle on the line 4 et in Figs. l and 2; Fig. 5, a horizontal section of the line 5 5 in Figs. l and 2.

A is the frame, consisting of a stout wire, the main portion (t of which is straight and, when in use, vertical, the lower portion, a', of which is horizontal and at its free end bent into a circle, a, to embrace the spindle and form the step or lower bearing for said spindle, and the upper portion, a, of which is bent into a vertical loop, a", to serveI as a handle for the egg-beater, the upper end portion of the framewire being bent down, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l at a5, for ashort distance parallel with the vertical portion a of the frame A.

Thesocket-picce O consists of a strip of sheet metal, preferably tin-plate, one end portion, c, of which is wrapped closely about the vertical portion a of the vframe A, just below the handle, and theother end portion, c', of which is bent into a vertical tube or socket large enough to receive the upper end of the spindle B and to allow said spindle to turn therein freely. The spindle B is prevented from rising in said socket by the upper vertical elid, a, of the framewire entering the top of the socket c for a distance of about half the length of said socket, more or less, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l.

The socket-piece C and the frame A may be rinly united to each other by tinning them 5o together-that is, by dipping them in a bat-h of melted tin in a well-known manner. The internal diameter of the socket c is greater than the diameter of the frame-wire, and it is therefore desirable to leave the end a5 of said 55 frame-wire slightly farther from the vertical portion a of the frame when forming the frame than the length of the socket-piece, so that when said end a5 is introduced into the top of the socket it will spring away from said ver- 6o tical portion and press outwardly against the inside of the socket, and thereby hold the socket-piece in position while being tinned.

The spindle B is formed of a single wire doubled at the lower end, b, ofthe spindle, said spindle-wire havingits strandstwisted together at b for a distance from the upper end of said spindle as great as the distance between the end a5 of the frame-wire and the step a2 to form a spirally-grooved rod or screw of long 7o pitch. The spindle B extends for a considerable distance below the step ai, its strands being merely doubled below said step.

The agitator D, or llier,77 as it is called, is

a wire arranged, as shown, between the untwisted strands b2 b of the spindle-wire below the step a2, the ends d d of the agitator-wire beinglooped around one or both of said strands b2 b3. The agitator and the spindle may be further united to each other by tinning them 8o together in the manner above indicated with reference to the frame and socket-piece.

The nut or sleeve E, which surrounds the screw-threaded portion b of the spindle B, is

simply a cylindrical spiral coil of wire having pinching into the surface of the spindle above the step a2, so as to prevent said ring or projection from rising on said spindle.

The egg-beater above descrlbed is very in- The spindle, 9o

expensive to construct, presents a very large agitating-surface, and is easily cleaned, as the only part which enters the egg or other thing to be mixed or stirred is the agitator, the latter being placed below the frame.

I claim as my invention# l. The combination of the frame, the spindle supported and rotating freelyin said frame and extending below said frame, and the agitator consisting of a flat spiral of wire secured to said spindle below said frame, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the frame, the spindie supported and rotating in said fratrie and extending below said frame, said spindle consisting of a wire doubled throughout its length and twisted within said frame, and an agitator consisting of a dat spiral of wire secured between the untwisted strands of said spindle below said frame, as and forthepurpose specified.

3. The combination of the frame provided with a step, the socket secured to said frame,

the spindle turning in said socket and step, and a ring or projection on said spindle to prevent said spindle from dropping ont of said frame, as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination of the wire frame, provided with a handle and with a step at its lower end and with an intermediate vertical portion, a socket-piece attached to said vertical portion and provided with a cylindrical socket, the upper end of which receives the upper end of the frame-wire, a spindle turning in said socket and step, and above said step being formed of twisted wires or strands of wire and having a uniform diameter, as and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have signed this specication, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, this 13th day of February, A. D. 1888.

GEO. D. DUDLEY.

Witnesses:

ALBERT M. MOORE; GERTRUDE M. DAY. 

